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H. BYRON.

COMBINED PEN AND PENHOLDER. No. 499,653. PatentedJune 13, 18.93.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

HENRY BYRON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR TO THE WEEKS du CAMPBELL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ACOMBINED PEN AND PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming` partof Letters Patent No. 499,653, dated J une 13, 1893.

Application filed August 9, 1892.

.To all whom t may concer-n.-

Be it known that I, I -IENRY BYRON, a citizen. of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Pen and Penholder, of which the following` is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pens and pen-holders and it has for its object to provide asimple, cheap and durable pen which will not corrode and which may, by a slight pressure of the fingers upon the pen, be made to write finer or coarser as may be desired. This pressure may also be utilized to cause the pen to work should it become clogged or otherwise rendered inoperative from non-use.

I form the pen or pen-holder of a single piece of celluloid or other material stamped out in the required shape and then rolled or bent into the desired form. The blank has portions which, when folded in the proper way, form a pocket or receptacle or reservoir for the ink. Pressure on the body of the holder will open these portions to allow more `ink to liow.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my improved pen-holder. Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 8 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the blank. Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5 5 of Figs. 2 and 3.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in-which they appear.

In carrying out my invention I take a sheet of material, preferably Celluloid, and with suitable means, as a die, stamp therefrom the blank which is shown in Fig. 4. This, if the pen-holder is to be formed integral with the pen, should be of the required length, and at one end is formed with the central point- Serial No. 442,583. (No model.)

from the outer edge toward the front end as clearly shown in said Fig. 4. The blank is 6o further formed with the inclined portions a3 for a purpose hereinafter explained. The blank thus formed is then rolled or bent in any suitable manner so that its edges will overlap as seen in Figs. l, 2 and 3 and the 55 projections a2 are bent upon the lines a', see Fig. 4, until their outer inclined faces come parallel with each other and with the slit of the pen point as seen best in Fig. 2. The inclines oe3 provide an opening bas seenin Figs. 7c l and 2 when the blank is rolled to allow of the iniiowin g of the ink to the reservoir formed by the projections a2. The overlapped edges of the blank are not connected or secured together but are left free so that by pressing on 7 5 the holder body the overlapping edges will be further passed one over the other and this will spread the points of the projections a2 and allow the ink to flow more readily. If only the pen is to be formed in this manner 8o the blank will of course be correspondingly shorter and the holder may be received in the open end of the rolled blank or the end of the rolled blank may be engaged in the holder in any well known manner.

What I claim as new is- 1. A sheet celluloid pen and pen-holder rolled to form a tube with the edges overlapping and cut at one end to form a point and underturned ink-retaining portions separate 9o from the point and separated from each other in line with the slit of the point, as set forth.

2.1A pen and pen holderthe body of which is of rolled sheet Celluloid with the edges free and overlapped and having a point with ink- 95 retaining portions adjustable by pressure upon the body of the holder, asset forth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY BYRON.

Witnesses:

ANDREW J. LAMBER'rsoN, GEORGE M. WILEORD. 

